The Catalyst Conference in Dallas took place May  11-13. I was reading a couple of blogs of people who were attending the conference and live blogging the event.  It struck me.  Every one of these bloggers is providing free marketing for the event.

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Earlier this week Bing announced that they were rolling out some great new features which integrate Facebook into their search results.  These features influence search results, show you your Facebook friends “liked” pages, provide for Facebook interactions with your friends while searching.  You can read more about the features here, “Bing and Facebook Launch New Integration Revolutionizing Search“.

While there are a lot of cool features Bing has announced, there are something that can really benefit churches greatly.  Here’s how… Read more…

Several days ago I posted the article “5 Online Events Your Church Can Do This Month“.  It was a pretty popular article, so I decided to follow up with…

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Online communities are a great opportunity.  Getting members connected through Facebook and Twitter is great.  But as much as all these online activities can help build community, real-world, in-person meeting is still very important. Read more…

Every website should be optimized.  Especially church websites.  People use the search engines to find churches and find answers…answers churches have.  Not optimizing your church website is like building a church and then not bothering to put up a sign or tell anyone.

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Chris Forbes of Ministry Marketing Coach has published a new 31 page e-book called Facebook for Pastors which can be downloaded for free.  The summary on the website says it covers:

• How to make the most of your profile information
• Tips for Networking with People in Facebook
• All about groups, messages, poking, etc
• Brand Your Ministry
• Meet prospects for your church
• Learn more about the members in your church
• Fine tune your communication skills

I haven’t had a chance to read it myself yet, but I plan to.

Relevant Church in Tampa (only a short drive from OCC Central Command) made headlines earlier this year with their 30 Day Sex Challenge.  They’ve got a Real Men of Genius video online which is pretty funny.  Thanks to Kem Meyer for the heads up.

EDIT: The video is actually from a year ago. In addition to being funny, the cool thing from a marketing perspective is that they posted the video series on YouTube where they’ve been viewed about 20,000 times.